Slobodan Kovač

Slobodan Kovač (Слободан Ковач; born 13 September 1967) is a Serbian professional volleyball coach and former player, Olympic Champion at Sydney 2000, bronze medallist at the Olympic Games in Atlanta 1996 and the 2019 European Championship winner.

As a coach
In 2014, he was appointed new head coach of the Iranian national volleyball team until the Olympic Games Rio 2016. That same year he led Iranian team to its first gold medal at Asian games. In 2017, he took charge of the Slovenian national volleyball team.

From 2010 to 2014, Kovač was head coach of the Italian team, Sir Safety Perugia. In 2016, he became new head coach of Halkbank Ankara.

As a player

 * Domestic
 * 1988–89 Gold medal with cup.svg Yugoslavian Championship, with Vojvodina Novi Sad
 * 1991–92 Simple gold cup.svg Serbia and Montenegro Cup, with Vojvodina Novi Sad
 * 1991–92 Gold medal with cup.svg Serbia and Montenegro Championship, with Vojvodina Novi Sad

As a coach

 * CEV Challenge Cup
 * Simple gold cup.svg 2018–19 – with Belogorie Belgorod


 * Domestic
 * 2008–09 Gold medal with cup.svg Serbian Championship, with Radnički Kragujevac
 * 2009–10 Gold medal with cup.svg Serbian Championship, with Radnički Kragujevac
 * 2016–17 Gold medal with cup.svg Turkish Championship, with Halkbank Ankara
 * 2017–18 Simple gold cup.svg Turkish Cup, with Halkbank Ankara
 * 2017–18 Gold medal with cup.svg Turkish Championship, with Halkbank Ankara

Individual awards

 * 2008: Coach of the year in Serbia
 * 2009: Coach of the year in Serbia
 * 2010: Coach of the year in Serbia
 * 2013: Coach of the year in Italy
 * 2014: Coach of the year in Italy
 * 2019: CEV – Coach of the year
 * 2019: Coach of the Year by the Olympic Committee of Serbia